Judge Sends Paxil Wrongful Death Case to Trial

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An Illinois federal judge has denied GlaxoSmithKline's motion for summary judgment on claims of negligence, strict liability and fraud in a Paxil wrongful death case, ruling that the drug maker is not shielded from liability under the learned intermediary doctrine. Mason, et ux. v. Smithkline Beecham Corp. d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline, No. 05-1252 (C.D. Ill.).

On July 7, Judge Michael M. Mihm of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois further ruled that genuine issue of material facts exist as to whether Paxil and its allegedly inadequate label proximately caused the decedent's death and whether the …